WIP saw bench

[Brian Holcombe]

Nearly complete, still have some touch up work to do on the end grain.

[Winton Applegate]

SOOOOO NICE !
I need one or two of those.

I was wrong about the rail . . . it IS up off the floor.
(you moved it didn't you ?)
Ha, ha,
My bad.

[Judson Green]

Nicely done!

Perhaps I missed it but what's the approximate dimensions?

[Brian Holcombe]

Thanks Fellas!

Winton, the bar is still on the floor, thats just a weird shadow.

Judson, it's about 43" long, 15" wide and 18.75" tall. The weird length is due to my not wanting to have a cut off, I simply cut the board and half and the length was set.

[Winton Applegate]

The weird length is due to my not wanting to have a cut off

Yah sure . . . you are a closet metric measurement user like me and don't want to own up.

Rail on the floor
You have the nice carpet so that will absorb some chips.
I am wondering about the narrow gap (the main slot). I would no way be able to keep my line coplanar over that slot and I would wind up sawing into the bench half the time.

Let me know if it is just me or that you find that true.

I have sure enjoyed seeing this thread !
Thank You !

[Judson Green]

Well I don't think that my saw benches slot is as narrow as Brian's I haven't sawed into it at all. And if/when I do, oh well... its part of being a saw bench.

[Winton Applegate]

I should have said that I am trying to judge the slot before making my saw benches.
Probably have to be two inches judging by my hand ripping results.

[Brian Holcombe]

The slot is 5/8". So far so good, part of the reason I made it narrow was to support rips in thinner stock.